Fly fishing for Brown trout
Complete guide — gear, lures, season and tips.
Gear
- Rod
- 4- to 6-weight fly rod, 2.7 m
- Reel
- 5/6-weight fly reel
- Mainline
- WF-5 floating line
- Leader
- 9–12 ft tapered leader, 0.14–0.20 mm tippet
- Hook
- #16 to #8
Sage X
Loop Q
Vision Tane
Orvis Helios 3
Loop Evotec
Vision XO
Hardy Ultralite
Lures / bait
- Dry flies (Adams, Klinkhammer, CDC Caddis, Royal Wulff)
- Nymphs (Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail, Copper John, Perdigon)
- Streamers (Wooly Bugger, Zonker, Muddler Minnow)
Season
April–September for river trout, Sept–Nov for sea-run fish
Time of day
Dawn, dusk; overcast days fish well all day
Pro tip
Dries during a hatch, nymphs sub-surface, streamers for bigger fish. Read the current — trout hold behind rocks and along seams. Stay low and quiet on the bank.